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In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with David Lewis, executive secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) from 2015 to 2022, about the FATF’s recent plenary that gray listed South Africa and Nigeria, formally suspended Russia from membership, and criticized...

Faced with the challenges imposed by COVID-19 and global economic downturns, what will differentiate strong businesses from weak ones going forward will be their ability to think ahead, adapt and innovate. Fighting corruption and other financial crimes continues to be a huge operational burden and...
FinCEN’s Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Policies

The article titled “FinCEN’s AML and Terrorist Financing Priorities: An Introduction,”1 featured in the ACAMS Today 12th Law Enforcement Edition, shared general thoughts, basic definitions and practical examples on each of the national anti-money laundering (AML) priorities. This article, the fourth of the series, will...

In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran Beer talks with Oliver Bullough, award-winning reporter for The Guardian, about his latest book, Butler to the World: How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals. During their conversation, Bullough details how Britain...